The 2021–22 network late night television schedule for the four major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the late night hours from September 2021 to August 2022. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2020–21 television season.
PBS is not included at all, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. (PBS does offer its member stations packages of Amanpour & Company and BBC World News to air in late night timeslots Monday–Friday, and optional overnight access to its satellite feed, which rebroadcasts prime time programs shown either the previous evening or earlier in the week.) Ion Television is not included since the network's late-night schedule consists of syndicated drama reruns and paid programming, nor are MyNetworkTV and The CW as neither programming service offer late night programs of any kind.
Fox is not included in the weekday schedule, as it only airs late night network programming on Saturdays, and ABC and CBS are not included in the weekend schedule as both networks only air late night network programming on weekdays. NBC is not included on Sundays as it does not offer any network late night programming on Sundays year-round (outside of overruns of its prime time Sunday Night Football game telecasts into the late night time period during Fall).
Legend
- Light blue indicates local programming.
- Yellow indicates late night talk shows.
- Blue-gray indicates news programming.
- Light yellow indicates the current schedule.
- Light green indicates sporting events.
- Gray indicates encore programming.
Schedule
- New series are highlighted in bold.
- Repeat airings or same-day rebroadcasts are indicated by (R).
- All times correspond to U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time scheduling (except for some live sports or events). Except where affiliates slot certain programs outside their network-dictated timeslots, subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.
- Local schedules may differ, as affiliates have the option to pre-empt or delay network programs, and fill timeslots not allocated to network programs with local, syndicated, or paid programming at their discretion. [1] Such scheduling may be limited to preemptions caused by local or national breaking news or weather coverage (which may force stations to tape delay certain programs in overnight timeslots or defer them to a co-operated station or a digital subchannel in their regular timeslot) and any overrunning major sports events scheduled to air in a weekday timeslot (mainly during major holidays). Stations may air shows at other times at their preference.
- All sporting events air live in all time zones in correspondence to U.S. Eastern Time with local and/or overnight programming after game completion.
Weekday late nights
| Network | 11:00 p.m. | 11:30 p.m. | 12:00 a.m. | 12:37 a.m. | 1:00 a.m. | 1:30 a.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABC | Local programming | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (11:35) | Nightline | Local programming (1:07) | ||
| CBS | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (11:35) | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Local programming (1:37) | |||
| NBC | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (11:34) | Late Night with Seth Meyers | ||||
Note:
- ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates offer their rebroadcasts of the network evening newscasts to accommodate local scheduling in selecting markets that do not offer encores of the local late news; some stations that air encores of their local late newscasts will air the rebroadcast alongside the network evening news rebroadcasts (either acting as a lead-in to the networks' overnight newscasts), or with syndicated and time-lease programs.
Saturday late night
| Network | 11:00 p.m. | 11:30 p.m. | 12:00 a.m. | 12:30 a.m. | 1:00 a.m. | 1:30 a.m. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox | Fall | Fox College Football | I Can See Your Voice (R) [2] | Local programming | |||
| Winter | I Can See Your Voice (R) [2] | Local programming | |||||
| Spring | Name That Tune (R) [3] | ||||||
| Summer | Beat Shazam (R) [4] | ||||||
| NBC | Local programming | Saturday Night Live [5] | Local programming (1:02) | ||||
By network
ABC
Returning series:
CBS
Returning series:
Fox
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Not returning from 2020–21:
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NBC
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Not returning from 2020–21:
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See also
- 2021–22 United States network television schedule (prime-time)
- 2021–22 United States network television schedule (morning)
- 2021–22 United States network television schedule (afternoon)
- 2021–22 United States network television schedule (overnight)
References
- ^ – TV listings – Yahoo.com
- ^ a b "I CAN SEE YOUR VOICE (FOX)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "NAME THAT TUNE (FOX)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
- ^ "BEAT SHAZAM (FOX)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (NBC)". The Futon Critic. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ Pallotta, Frank (May 14, 2019). "Jimmy Kimmel signs new three-year deal at ABC". CNN Business.
- ^ Koblin, John (October 17, 2019). "Stephen Colbert Signs a New 'Late Show' Deal Through 2023". The New York Times.
- ^ Koblin, James (August 19, 2019). "James Corden to Remain as Host of 'Late Late Show' on CBS". The New York Times.
- ^ White, Peter (February 26, 2021). "Seth Meyers Renews 'Late Night' Deal With NBC Through 2025 & Strikes Overall Deal With Universal Studio Group". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ White, Peter (November 2, 2020). "'The Tonight Show': NBC Extends Jimmy Fallon's Contract Past 2021". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ White, Peter (May 14, 2021). "NBC "Rethinking" 1:30 AM Time Slot, Will Not Bring In New Talk Show". Deadline. Retrieved May 26, 2021.